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Go to All the Conventions?

Go to All the Conventions?

So in addition to Anime next next weekend, I’ll be back in Oklahoma for Soonercon in Oklahoma City the weekend of June 15-17. I’ll have an artist’s alley table, wherever they keep those, and have books available.

Today I packed up the van for Collosalcon and AnimeNext, and I’ll be driving starting very early tomorrow, arriving in Ohio on Wednesday and New Jersey on Thursday. If you order a book online in the next few days therefore, your shipping might take a day or two extra to get to you. I’ll be driving Monday through Wednesday on the way back, so any updates in the next week or so will be minor miracles, entirely dependent on finding an internet connection and having something coherent to share.

Here are five fictional facts to give you while you wait:

Shandor’s first King was named Tam. It has been a popular name since, rivaled only by other such standbys as Willim and Jaimrie

Levour will host the next World’s Spectacle, inviting all other nations to the palatial fairgrounds, where people of all nations will be able to be impressed by one another’s technology, engineering, and deep fried foods. This will be Shandor’s first appearance at a World’s Spectacle.

Many Shandorian surnames begin with “Dar”. This is because it is the old K’shay tanna patronymic. In the old days, Djaren would have been Djaren dar Corin, and if he used that at home in Shandor it wouldn’t be too unusual. K’shay tanna who felt like being more pretentious could list the names of several ancestors to call back to some famous hero (Markaerd dar Xahrenth daer Kaerad dar etc, . . .)  “Daer” means daughter of, as “Dar” means son of.

Djaren’s first foreign language, after Trade Common and K’shay tanna was Sarvarthi. It was the language his parents used when they didn’t want him overhearing. That didn’t last long.

Corin’s unique and peculiar black sword has a name. It’s Myrshon. He is not its first wielder.

Balticon Coda

Balticon Coda

Balticon was amazing and great fun and I just got back at 3am last night, so today’s update will be postponed to a day later in the week.

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by at Balticon and bought me out of all but 2 copies of the books I brought with me! I met so many kind generous and brilliant people, and got to catch up with some of my already good friends.  I had a really lovely time.

Special thanks to J.R. Blackwell and Jared Axelrod who apart from being exciting and generally fabulous people, made sure I got to the airport on time.

Thanks to Phil Kahn and Rob Balder, who are always a lot of fun to hang out and talk with, and have been for many good and geeky years. I love seeing great people’s careers grow and change, while they remain awesome. Thanks for being as lovely and even more awesome than you were in the days of Ubercon and Slugweens.

Thanks to the DC anime club, for the commission work and for promoting artists.

Thanks to Olivia and her family for being one of the coolest non-fictional adventuring families I have met, and thanks to the people who bought books and then came back to tell me they were already half way through. You remind me I should be writing right now. Which I shall go do.

If I can stand to look at the sketches I made on the plane trip home, I may post them later in the week. I also plan to post a list of art reference links and art book reccs from the presentation I did at Balticon entitled ‘How to Draw What Doesn’t Exist”.

If you want a book I was sold out of, and would rather attend another fun convention than pay shipping, I will be at AnimeNext in Somerset New Jersey on June 7-10, with a replenished book and print supply.

That was an amazing weekend. Thank you Balticon.

Balticon

Balticon

I’m going to be a guest at Balticon this coming weekend, just outside Baltimore MD. I’ll be on a handful of panels, running two art workshops, and generally available to talk to at my Artist’s Alley table downstairs. Feel free to stop by and say hi! I’ll have books and prints for sale, and I always love to meet people. Next Tuesday’s update may be a bit late, with my plane coming in very late on Monday, but for anybody who comes to my reading at Balticon, I may have a bit of a preview for Book 4.

What’s next?

What’s next?

While we’re between stories, I’ll be posting little extras up here, at least once a week.  Look here on future Tuesdays for a growing Timeline, new art and sketches, character profiles, music lists, world encyclopedia entries, maps and a pronunciation guide, among other things.

For right now, I’m going to let you guys weigh in on what you’d like to see next. Which of the above options would you like to see first? Is there something else you’d like to get a look at while waiting for book 4? Got any questions for me?

In other news, I’ll be at Balticon again this year, outside Baltimore MD, May 25-28. I’ll have an artists table downstairs, be on a few panels, and be teaching two art workshops. Do stop by if you are in the area.

The Germhacht Episode is available in paperback!

The Germhacht Episode is available in paperback!

You can now visit the Shop, or click the link in the right sidebar to purchase a paperback copy of The Germhacht Episode! Yay.
All my kickstarter backers should have their rewards already delivered. If this is not the case with anyone, please let me know right away.
I hope to have an e-book version available online soon as well.

Updating late this week, and a New Release!

Updating late this week, and a New Release!

I am just back from Katsucon, and running late at life. Clearly we are at a somewhat climactic part of the story so I will be working as hard as I can to get you the next bit as soon as possible.

If you are looking for more exciting and diverse stories, there happens to be a very cool Cyberpunk short story and music anthology releasing today that Jessica and I have a story in. Check out Foreshadows. I am very proud to have been involved in this amazing collaborative project.